Best Picture Winner
The Godfather Part II
Best Picture
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Studio: Paramount
The early life and career of Vito Corleone paralleled with his son Michael's takeover and expansion of the family crime business.
All Categories (25)
Best Picture
The Godfather Part II— Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos, Co-Producers
Winner
Chinatown— Robert Evans, Producer
Lenny— Marvin Worth, Producer
The Conversation— Francis Ford Coppola, Producer; Fred Roos, Co-Producer
The Towering Inferno— Irwin Allen, Producer
Actor
Al Pacino— The Godfather Part II {"Michael Corleone"}
Albert Finney— Murder on the Orient Express {"Hercule Poirot"}
Dustin Hoffman— Lenny {"Lenny Bruce"}
Jack Nicholson— Chinatown {"J. J. Gittes"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Fred Astaire— The Towering Inferno {"Harlee Claiborne"}
Jeff Bridges— Thunderbolt and Lightfoot {"Lightfoot"}
Lee Strasberg— The Godfather Part II {"Hyman Roth"}
Michael V. Gazzo— The Godfather Part II {"Frankie Pentangeli"}
Actress
Diahann Carroll— Claudine {"Claudine"}
Faye Dunaway— Chinatown {"Evelyn Cross Mulwray"}
Gena Rowlands— A Woman under the Influence {"Mabel Longhetti"}
Valerie Perrine— Lenny {"Honey Bruce"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Diane Ladd— Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore {"Flo"}
Madeline Kahn— Blazing Saddles {"Lili Von Shtupp"}
Talia Shire— The Godfather Part II {"Connie Corleone"}
Valentina Cortese— Day for Night {"Severine"}
Directing
A Woman under the Influence— John Cassavetes
Chinatown— Roman Polanski
Day for Night— Francois Truffaut
Lenny— Bob Fosse
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
The Godfather Part II— Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
Winner
Lenny— Julian Barry
Murder on the Orient Express— Paul Dehn
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz— Screenplay by Mordecai Richler; Adaptation by Lionel Chetwynd
Young Frankenstein— Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Chinatown— Robert Towne
Winner
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore— Robert Getchell
Day for Night— Francois Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman
Harry and Tonto— Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld
The Conversation— Francis Ford Coppola
Cinematography
The Towering Inferno— Fred Koenekamp, Joseph Biroc
Winner
Chinatown— John A. Alonzo
Earthquake— Philip Lathrop
Lenny— Bruce Surtees
Murder on the Orient Express— Geoffrey Unsworth
Music (Original Dramatic Score)
The Godfather Part II— Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola
Winner
Chinatown— Jerry Goldsmith
MUSIC (Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation -or- Scoring: Adaptation)
Murder on the Orient Express— Richard Rodney Bennett
Phantom of the Paradise— Song Score by Paul Williams; Adaptation Score by Paul Williams and George Aliceson Tipton
Shanks— Alex North
The Great Gatsby— Adaptation Score by Nelson Riddle
The Little Prince— Song Score by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe; Adaptation Score by Angela Morley and Douglas Gamley
The Towering Inferno— John Williams
Art Direction
The Godfather Part II— Art Direction: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham; Set Decoration: George R. Nelson
Winner
Chinatown— Art Direction: Richard Sylbert, W. Stewart Campbell; Set Decoration: Ruby Levitt
Earthquake— Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, E. Preston Ames; Set Decoration: Frank McKelvy
The Island at the Top of the World— Art Direction: Peter Ellenshaw, John B. Mansbridge, Walter Tyler, Al Roelofs; Set Decoration: Hal Gausman
The Towering Inferno— Art Direction: William Creber, Ward Preston; Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton
Film Editing
The Towering Inferno— Harold F. Kress, Carl Kress
Winner
Blazing Saddles— John C. Howard, Danford Greene
Chinatown— Sam O'Steen
Earthquake— Dorothy Spencer
The Longest Yard— Michael Luciano
Sound
Earthquake— Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe, Sr.
Winner
Chinatown— Bud Grenzbach, Larry Jost
The Conversation— Walter Murch, Arthur Rochester
The Towering Inferno— Theodore Soderberg, Herman Lewis
Young Frankenstein— Richard Portman, Gene Cantamessa
Costume Design
The Great Gatsby— Theoni V. Aldredge
Winner
Chinatown— Anthea Sylbert
Daisy Miller— John Furness
Murder on the Orient Express— Tony Walton
The Godfather Part II— Theadora Van Runkle
Documentary (Feature)
Hearts and Minds— Peter Davis and Bert Schneider, Producers
Winner
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman— Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow, Producers
The 81st Blow— Jacquot Ehrlich, David Bergman and Haim Gouri, Producers
The Challenge...A Tribute to Modern Art— Herbert Kline, Producer
The Wild and the Brave— Natalie R. Jones and Eugene S. Jones, Producers
Documentary (Short Subject)
Don't— Robin Lehman, Producer
Winner
City Out of Wilderness— Francis Thompson, Producer
Exploratorium— Jon Boorstin, Producer
John Muir's High Sierra— Dewitt Jones and Lesley Foster, Producers
Naked Yoga— Ronald S. Kass and Mervyn Lloyd, Producers
Short Film (Animated)
Closed Mondays— Will Vinton and Bob Gardiner, Producers
Winner
Hunger— Peter Foldes and René Jodoin, Producers
The Family That Dwelt Apart— Yvon Mallette and Robert Verrall, Producers
Voyage to Next— Faith Hubley and John Hubley, Producers
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too— Wolfgang Reitherman, Producer
Short Film (Live Action)
One-Eyed Men Are Kings— Paul Claudon and Edmond Sechan, Producers
Winner
Climb— Dewitt Jones, Producer
Planet Ocean— George V. Casey, Producer
The Concert— Julian Chagrin and Claude Chagrin, Producers
The Violin— Andrew Welsh and George Pastic, Producers
Foreign Language Film
Amarcord— Italy
Winner
Cats' Play— Hungary
Lacombe, Lucien— France
The Deluge— Poland
The Truce— Argentina
Honorary Award
To Howard Hawks - A master American filmmaker whose creative efforts hold a distinguished place in world cinema.
Winner
To Jean Renoir - a genius who, with grace, responsibility and enviable devotion through silent film, sound film, feature, documentary and television, has won the world's admiration.
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Arthur B. Krim
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To JOSEPH D. KELLY of Glen Glenn Sound for the design of new audio control consoles which have advanced the state of the art of sound recording and rerecording for motion picture production. [Sound]
Winner
To QUAD-EIGHT SOUND CORPORATION for the engineering and construction of new audio control consoles designed by The Burbank Studios Sound Department and by the Samuel Goldwyn Studios Sound Department. [Sound]
To SAMUEL GOLDWYN STUDIOS SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design of a new audio control console engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation. [Sound]
To THE BURBANK STUDIOS SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design of new audio control consoles engineered and constructed by the Quad-Eight Sound Corporation. [Sound]
To WALDON O. WATSON, RICHARD J. STUMPF, ROBERT J. LEONARD and the UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS SOUND DEPARTMENT for the development and engineering of the Sensurround System for motion picture presentation. [Sound]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To THE ELEMACK COMPANY, ROME, ITALY, for the design and development of their Spyder camera dolly. [Camera Cranes]
Winner
To LOUIS AMI of Universal City Studios for the design and construction of a reciprocating camera platform used when photographing special visual effects for motion pictures. [Stage Operations]
Music (Song)
"We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno— Music and Lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
Winner
"Benji's Theme (I Feel Love)" from Benji— Music by Euel Box; Lyrics by Betty Box
"Blazing Saddles" from Blazing Saddles— Music by John Morris; Lyrics by Mel Brooks
"Little Prince" from The Little Prince— Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
"Wherever Love Takes Me" from Gold— Music by Elmer Bernstein; Lyrics by Don Black
Special Achievement Award (Visual Effects)
Earthquake— Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, Albert Whitlock
Winner